Smith&#39;s pliers or tongs.



Patented Mar. 4, 1902.

G. F. BUDAGH.

SMITHS PLIERS DB TDNGS.

(Application filed Oct. 20, 1900.)

(No Modei.)

anuautoz UNITED STATE PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV FRIEDRICH BUDAOH, 0 F FLENSBURG, GERMANY.

SMITH S" PLIERSOR TONGSQ SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. e94,828, dated March 4, 1902.

hpplication'filed Oct0her20, 1900. fierialNo. 33 717. (No model.) 7

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This invention relates to smiths tongs, andhas for its object to provide tongs having the advantage over the ordinary smiths tongs with smooth jaws ashitherto employed in that l the jaws have aform which is found to be the most useful both theoreticallyand'practically. With these tongs it ispossible to holdany smiths work with security and without, the danger of the same springing out of the tongs. While hitherto-it has been necessary to have in use a large number of so-called shaped tongs the present pair of tongs combine in themselves this number of tongs, as they can hold both round and rectangular bars, flatiron sheets, tools, angle-irons, and any sections of iron which are employed.

. The invention is shown in the accompany- I ing drawings, in Which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the 'tongs;

Fig. 2, a view of one half, and Fig. 3 a view of the other half, of the tongs, while Fig. sis

' a plan view of Fig. 1. I

Each jaw A B of the tongs is of an angular section widening toward the inside, so that the jaws can only stand parallel when in asomewhat opened position. They are held together by'a rivet or pin 0 in the usual inanner. The faces of the jaws are trough-shaped,

The two or three corrugations deepen from the front to the inside and are, extended at the rear into a round opening between the jaws. The appearance of the jaws is very similarto those of a beast of prey. While the rear and stronger corrugations serve more particularly for gripmy name-in the presence ping and holding fastpthe forward ones are developed into comparatively thin lips. These latter are especially suitable for lifting out of the fire small pieces lying therein; but these lips can also be very well employed for holding fast pieces of small size when being forged.

Even the tapered head of a chisel or the bentend of a turning-tool is easily handled with these tongs, and cross-lying pieces of any section may be gripped with certainty by them.

I declare that what I claim is 1 A smiths tongs having jaws with faces of angular cross-sectionand, so shaped and pivoted as tostand parallel one to the other lei when partly opened and adapted to come into terminal engagement with eachfother,

and a rounded interiorpartatthe rear adapted :to form a rounded opening when the jaws are closed, substantially as described.

whenclosed, the forward ends of the jaws having the form of comparatively thin lips with the corrugations extendingdeeper toward the rearand then ending in a rounded interior part adapted to form a ronndedopening at the rear when the jaws are closed,-substan f tially as described.

Inwitness whereof I have hereunto signed of two subscribing witnesses.v

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WVitnessesz GUSTAV HERMES, CHRISTIAN ANDREsoN. 

